Kalima Rose

Senior Director and Director of the PolicyLink Center for Infrastructure Equity

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Expertise

• National Infrastructure Policy
• Post-Katrina Rebuilding
• Affordable Housing Policy and Financing
• Gentrification and Inclusionary Housing

Experience

Ms. Rose works with the infrastructure team to steer resources for transportation, housing, and key amenities to communities of opportunity. She helps local and statewide groups implement economic stimulus funds for greater workforce participation and new investments in underserved communities.

Since 2005, Rose has led the organization’s Gulf Coast recovery work, collaborating with community organizations to shape the equitable rebuilding of New Orleans and Louisiana.

Education

University of California–Berkeley, B.A., narratives and culture

Selected Articles, Publications, and Media Appearances

Delivering Equitable Development to a Recovering Louisiana: A State Policy Guide for 2008 and Beyond, PolicyLink, 2008.

Bringing Louisiana Renters Home: An Evaluation of the 2006-2007 Gulf Opportunity Zone Rental Housing Restoration Program, PolicyLink, 2007.

Hope Needs Help: Building a Better New Orleans, PolicyLink, 2007.
“Struggling in the Crescent City: Grass-roots Advocacy Groups and Community-based Organizations are Taking the Lead in Restoring Housing in New Orleans,” Shelterforce, Fall 2007.

“Louisiana Housing Plan Questioned,” Morning Edition, April 27, 2006.

Expanding Opportunity: New Resources to Meet California’s Housing Needs, PolicyLink, 2005.

“Expanding Affordable Housing Through Inclusionary Zoning,” Progressive Planning, Planners Network, Winter 2005.

Increasing Housing Opportunity in New York City, PolicyLink, 2004.